Title: Who was Hercules Category:History Details: Words: 1083 | Pages: 4.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Who was Hercules
Who was Hercules?
And what great deeds made him a Hero?
Hercules was one of the most famous heroes of Greek legend. His father was Zeus, king of the Gods and his mother was a princess, Alcmene. Hera, wife of Zeus was jealous of Alcmene and heated Hercules. When Hercules married Megara, a Theban princess, Hera made him become insane and he burned his house, killing his wife and children. When Hercules recovered his sanity, he sought help from the oracle at Delphi to se …showed first 85 words of 1083 total…
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The gods had been warned that Mother Earth was sending fifty terrible beasts to Mountain Olympus in a last attempt to destroy the gods. They felt that they needed Hercules' help. He helped them to stop the attack and the gods grew to love him. Even Hera begged him for forgiveness. He married Hebe, the goddess of eternal youth, and lived happily ever after with the gods. So these are the things that made Hercules one of the greatest Heros of Greek Mythology.
